| 释义 |
fif·teen
I. \(ˈ)fif|tēn\ adjective
Etymology: Middle English fiftene, from Old English fīftīene, fīftȳne, fīftēne (akin to Old High German finfzehan, Old Norse fimmtān, Gothic fimftaihunim, dative), from fīf five + -tīene, -tȳne, -tēne (from tīen, tȳn, tēn ten) — more at five, ten
: being one more than 14 in number
< fifteen years >
— see number table; used prepositively to designate various years of the 16th century
< the fifteen-eighties >
< the early fifteen-hundreds >
II. pronoun, plural in construction
Etymology: Middle English fiftene, from Old English fīftīene, fīftȳne, fīftēne, from fīftīene, fīftȳne, fīftēne, adjective
: 15 countable persons or things not specified but under consideration and being enumerated
< fifteen are here >
< fifteen were found >
III. noun
(-s)
1. : 10 and five : three times five
2.
a. : 15 units or objects
< a total of fifteen >
b. : a group or set of 15
< arranged by fifteens >
3. : the numerable quantity symbolized by the arabic numerals 15
4. : the 15th in a set or series; especially : an article of clothing of the 15th size
< wears a fifteen >
5. : a combination of cards in cribbage whose total value is 15, each such combination counting two points
6. : the first score in a game of tennis — called also five |